by KRIS HEMENSLEY
B. “I’m sitting here — admiring
my Marimekko pot from Finland/
not Japan/ as you might think” —
K. I’m sitting here — writing not waiting —
‘there’ imbibed
of his contemplation (3/5 Feb. — added
(inside my gate
on front-patch ivy-profusion sight
littlest gecko swift as a thought
dart across leaves & roots
atop bone-dry cracked dirt —
as earth’s become — gecko — like poem let
go (let
go (6th Feb.
(final edit
10th Feb 24
Urquhart Street, Westgarth, VIC